Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThe great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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